Tampa Free Press

A major diplomatic breakthrough between the United States and Iran has cleared the way to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, but regional stability remains highly volatile as Israel flatly refuses to pull its troops from southern Lebanon. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the two nations reached a memorandum of understanding, calling it […]

President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a peace agreement to end the conflict with Iran late Sunday, drawing immediate thanks from Vice President JD Vance for Americans who endured spiking gas prices during the war. The breakthrough came after what both leaders described in social media posts as intensive talks. The […]

An Opelika, Alabama, woman is heading to federal prison for over 11 years after admitting her role in a commercial sex trafficking operation that exploited a 17-year-old. Last Thursday, U.S. Attorney Thomas Govan announced the sentencing of 24-year-old Jada Renee Coggins. On June 10, a federal judge ordered Coggins to serve 135 months in prison, […]

TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa drivers will need to navigate around two separate daytime lane closures starting Monday morning. Beginning today, June 15 at 9 a.m., the southbound lane of North Manhattan Avenue will shut down between West Broad Street and West Hamilton Avenue. At the exact same time across town, crews will close the outside […]

A married couple from Missouri is heading to federal prison for decades after using the chat app Discord to groom a Virginia teenager, drive her across state lines, and repeatedly sexually assault her. Justin Johiah Curtright, 41, received a 45-year prison sentence. His 33-year-old wife, Christin Marie Curtright, was handed a 27-year term. Both residents […]